Technicians installed a commemorative plaque on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, according to a photo from July 28, 2026.
The plaque honors Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, who served as NASA's first chief astronomer and was an architect of the agency's modern science program.
Total names included on the plaque's memory card from global submissions.
The memory card integrated into the plaque includes the names of astronauts from NASA's Artemis II and Artemis III missions.
Mission objectives and launch schedule
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on August 30, 2026.
The telescope is designed to block starlight to directly observe exoplanets and planet-forming disks, while completing a statistical census of planetary systems in the galaxy.
The mission aims to address questions regarding dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
